A few reasons why your workouts are not working:
Your time is valuable, and for each precious moment you put into your workouts, you want to ensure you get the best possible return on your investment. So, are you getting the results you want? If your body isn't as lean or toned as you'd like, it may be that you're committing some key training mistakes, which can sabotage the efforts of even veteran exercisers.
- Avoid the same routine over and over, your muscles will simply adapt; you're likely to hit a plateau because each exercise stimulates only a limited number of muscle fibers.
- Challenge your muscles from a variety of angles by adding or alternating moves periodically, you'll get significantly more fibers into the act and develop more tone and strength.
- For each muscle group, learn an additional 2 or 3 exercises, trying new angles and equipment.
- If you usually do the dumbbell chest press on a flat bench, try it at an incline.
- If you normally use the chest-press machine, try the dumbbell chest press or the bench press with a barbell.
- Expand your repertoire enough so that you can change your entire routine every 6–8 weeks.